Man on probation charged with armed burglary
Updated at 7:20 p.m. with information about added charges
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Horace Campbell, V, 36, was arrested yesterday and charged with armed burglary after allegedly refusing to leave an apartment upon request of the resident; he also allegedly battered and sexually battered the resident of the apartment and threatened to kill her; after the initial publication of this article, which stated those charges had not been filed, we received information that charges of sexual battery, aggravated assault, and battery on a disabled person are pending.
The victim told a Gainesville Police Department officer that she had known Campbell for some time and she let him in when he came to her apartment at Fairview Apartments, but he became aggressive, so she asked him to leave. She said he initially agreed to leave but pushed his way back into the apartment, then hit her multiple times and sexually battered her. She said he took out a knife at one point and said, “I’m going to kill you” and then left a short time later. The officer reported that the victim had visible injuries to her face and neck.
Post Miranda, Campbell reportedly admitted that the victim had asked him to leave and admitted hitting her and having a knife; however, he said he only used the knife on “blunts.”
Campbell has 10 felony convictions (one violent) and four misdemeanor convictions (none violent). He has served three state prison sentences, with his most recent release in June 2023.
Campbell is on probation after serving a two-year prison sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, and drug possession; he was arrested in November 2023 after his probation officer reported that he had failed a drug test, was sentenced to 45 days in jail, and was released on December 21. His probation officer reported another violation on January 18 because Campbell did not report to the officer as ordered after his release from jail and moved from his residence at Fairview Apartments (where he lived at a different apartment from the victim in this case) without notifying the officer.
Campbell is being held without bond until the violation of probation charge is resolved; Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $50,000 on the armed burglary charge.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Another felon who has no business on the streets or among society. Obviously he wasn’t in prison long enough to learn. This crime would not have happened if he was still in prison and not out on probation for a violent crime.
Put this lowlife in jail and throw away the key. He doesn’t deserve freedom or to be around the rest of society. He’ll just do it again.
People on disability SSI — including mentally ill, violent types likely the case here — are allowed to rent rooms by a desperate or careless landlord, or fellow tenant. That’s probably the case here.
But such cases should be put away permanently, not making courts look busy.
You run your mouth to much on every page since you hate Gainesville leave nobody keeping you here if you don’t know the victim keep your mouth shut
A career criminal with multiple violations of probation for this very crime. It’s amazing how these thugs can come up with bail money, yet never have money to pay their financial debts to society.
Oh look, another wee criminal out on parole commits’ yet another felony to add to his long list. Maybe his 4th. trip to prison will do the trick….
Repeat violent offender. Come on judges…..keep him locked up or it is almost a certainty someone else will suffer from his crimes.